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Indicativo

Presente

Facts, habits, current states, and scheduled near-future actions. MuyVerbs connects this tense to verb tables, context prompts, and short active-recall drills.

English name

Present

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When to use Presente

  • Facts and general truths (El agua hierve a 100 grados).
  • Habits and routines (Cada día tomo café).
  • Current states and feelings (Estoy cansado).
  • Near-future scheduled actions (Mañana viajo a Madrid).

Formation

Drop the infinitive ending (-ar, -er, -ir) and add the present-tense ending for each pronoun. Stem-changing and irregular verbs (ser, estar, ir, tener, hacer …) deviate from this table; the full conjugation is on each verb page.

Pronoun-ar (hablar)-er (comer)-ir (vivir)
yohablocomovivo
hablascomesvives
él / ella / Ud.hablacomevive
nosotroshablamoscomemosvivimos
vosotroshabláiscoméisvivís
ellos / ellas / Uds.hablancomenviven

Examples

Trabajo desde casa los lunes.

I work from home on Mondays.

¿Hablas español?

Do you speak Spanish?

El tren sale a las ocho.

The train leaves at eight.

Vivimos en Valencia.

We live in Valencia.

Study note

How MuyVerbs trains Presente

Presente (Present) is easier to retain when it is not learned as an isolated table. MuyVerbs connects each tense to a practical learning loop: identify when the form is used, study the pattern, compare real verb examples, and then answer short prompts until recall becomes automatic.

On the web you can inspect sample verbs, open full conjugation pages, and start a free drill for this tense. In the mobile app, the same work becomes a structured offline routine with saved progress, favorites, streaks, weak-verb review, and context sentences. That combination helps learners move from recognizing a tense to producing it accurately in conversation.

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Often confused with

These forms are close to Presente in timing, mood, or sentence logic. Compare them before you drill.

Related tenses in Indicativo: present and past

Use these pages to move through the same tense family and build stronger internal links between connected grammar topics.